Jess Phillips says she wouldn't have resigned if Sir Keir Starmer had introduced an under-16s social media ban earlier.The prime minister introduced on Monday that the brand new restrictions would come into power early subsequent 12 months to guard the "happiness of our kids". Talking on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Ms Phillips mentioned the transfer …
Jess Phillips says she wouldn’t have resigned if Sir Keir Starmer had introduced an under-16s social media ban earlier.
The prime minister introduced on Monday that the brand new restrictions would come into power early subsequent 12 months to guard the “happiness of our kids”.
Talking on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Ms Phillips mentioned the transfer would have saved her in authorities.
“This may’ve been sufficient to maintain me within the tent,” Ms Phillips mentioned.
“Not solely would it not have been sufficient to maintain me within the tent. I instructed them that. I used to be specific about that.
“I spoke to varied completely different folks in Quantity 10 and actually tried to push them to say, look, look, go for this. This can be a daring transfer. That is daring and it’s huge and it’s courageous and it is the suitable factor to do.”
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Ms Phillips stepped down as safeguarding minister final month following Labour’s dismal native election outcomes, accusing Sir Keir of missing the “drive to get something completed”.
She additionally mentioned restrictions on social media use shouldn’t “cease at children”.
“I do not suppose the algorithm ought to exist. Full cease,” she mentioned.
From subsequent spring, under-16s might be banned from utilizing all the principle social media websites, together with Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Fb, and X – though messaging apps like WhatsApp will not be banned, and neither will instructional websites like YouTube Children.
Ministers are additionally taking a look at an in a single day social media curfew for 16 and 17-year-olds, in addition to banning infinite scrolling.
Starmer desires a ‘legacy’
Ms Phillips additionally mentioned Sir Keir had introduced a ban “virtually definitely” as a result of he needed to depart a “legacy”.
She continued: “Males love [a] legacy, do not they?
“I cant give a toss about how I am remembered, however right here we’re. However like, it was positively the language we used to make use of to try to get issues over the road. Like, this might be an incredible legacy.”
